Once you've got an idea of where your time is really going, you'll be in a much better position to deal with clients who try to steal it.

Below, we've picked out some common client problems agencies run into, and a few solutions we’ve learned along the way.

Every argument they make seems like it's coming from a Harvard economist (and probably is), while your arguments come off as
“I like money”
.

The reason why people come to you is that they a.) don’t know how to do something or b.) don’t have the time to do it. Most clients know this. Some, however, adopt a
“how hard can it be?”
approach.

Some clients - particularly the bigger ones - are really good at negotiating. But when it comes to negotiating design or development contracts remember that you’re the expert, not them - and your expertise isn't cheap.

Know your worth - have you ever measured how long it takes for your team to deliver different projects? Track it. This will give you a pretty solid idea of what your time costs. Once you have that baseline, it'll be a lot easier to come up with reasonable offers.

Tracking your time also helps with haggling clients - if they keep trying to cheat you,
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and give them a by-the-task breakdown of why you can't build their site in just two hours (even though "their mate Dave from the pub" totally could).

So you agree on a fixed fee project, only to see your budget chewed up by an endless stream of revisions and requests. Before you know it you’re paying the client to work for them.

Clients can be a little undecisive. After all, they've got money vested in your project and they are anxious about the outcome. And feedback is crucial to getting it right. But where do you draw the line?

Again - know your worth. When you agree on a budget, you should know how many hours of work you can afford on the project (a buffer for revisions included). Track your time against the estimate to stay profitable.

The San Francisco Tribal Textile Art Show, now in its 32nd year is the premiere show of its kind in the United States, welcoming over 70 dealers and featuring exciting exhibits presented by galleries from our Featured Country: Australia as well as other museum quality exhibitions.

This year’s Tribal Textile Art Show comes along at an exciting time, when the fine arts environment has embraced the natural connection between tribal, modern, and contemporary. Some of the exhibitors are already exploring the dialogue between contemporary and tribal art in their galleries, with great fanfare.

Works range from the finest textiles and rugs from North Africa, Asia, North America, and India through remarkable stone and wood carvings from Indonesia, Africa, and Oceania. Works also span millennia, with carvings and pottery from prehistoric South America to the exquisite Wounaan contemporary basketry handmade in Panama today by the indigenous Wounaan tribe, employing ancient weaving traditions passed through generations of indigenous peoples in the Darién rainforest.

Beginning in 2017 one exciting major expansion of the show was the beginning of a series of featured countries, with Indonesia being the first. In 2018 we're proud to announce that Australia with it's rich history in Tribal arts is our featured country. An expansive exhibit will frame the entrance of the show and highlight not only art and the artists represented, but also provide a bridge to Australian culture through music, food and products.

Calorie-consciousness has lately been on the upswing, as people turn away from disappointing low-fat or low-carb diets, and as more and more restaurants post calorie counts, often in response to new local laws. But many people have no idea what calories are and how they work. Here are the important (and sometimes surprising) answers to seven key questions about calories.

It’s a unit of measure for the energy in food. First defined in France in the early 1800s, a food calorie (kilocalorie) is the amount of heat (energy) needed to raise the temperature of 1,000 grams (a liter) of water 1° Celsius. Researchers measure calories by using a “bomb calorimeter,” a small chamber in which a food is burned to heat water; the hotter the water, the higher the calorie count. Food companies today don’t need to burn their products to figure out the calories in them—they simply add up the calories of the ingredients, based on standard databases.

The components of food that provide calories include carbohydrates (4 calories per gram),
protein
(4 calories), fat (9 calories) and alcohol (7 calories). Fat provides the most calories, which is a good thing when food is scarce, but not so good for people trying to lose weight, or at least not gain it. Vitamins, minerals and indigestible fiber have no calories.

Obviously, calories themselves are not bad, since you need them to live—the problem is their overconsumption. A calorie is a calorie, whether it comes from fat, carbs or protein. But the source of calories does matter for health. For instance, while the 100 calories in a big bowl of broccoli come with lots of nutrients and a satisfying bulk that will help fill you up, the 100 calories in one-third of a doughnut have neither advantage. Calories accompanied by few nutrients are often called “empty” calories.

Calories themselves weigh nothing, but excess calories are stored as potential energy, mostly in the form of body fat. Smaller amounts are also stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen, a storage form of glucose used for short-term energy.

A 190-pound person can consume far more calories than a 120-pound person without gaining weight. A larger body simply needs more energy (calories) for basic functions and to move about. Thus, if those two people are moderately active, the heavier one may burn 3,000 calories or more a day, while the lighter one probably burns less than 2,000, depending on their age, sex, fitness level, how much muscle and fat they have and genetic factors.

And today, the IOTA Foundation announced that
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH
(RBVC) — the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group — has purchased a significant number of IOTA tokens. Dr. Hongquan Jiang, partner at RBVC, will also join the IOTA Foundation’s advisory board.

The move is a strategic one for RBVC as it looks to the future of the Internet of Things (IoT).

IOTA is the first distributed ledger technology (DLT) to go beyond a blockchain — it enables machines to securely transact data and money with each other for a micro fee. Imagine a car that, from sensor data, retrieves information from Bosch about a malfunctioningcar part. This isn’t a pipe dream. IOTA technology has already enabled more than $10 billion in transactions and is being used for feeless micropayment-based electric vehicle charging, parking, and more.

All of thatmakes IOTA a smart choice to invest in for IoT applications, but the cryptocurrency is also in its infancy. Why choose to invest now, and is IOTA the right choice?

“RBVC is, of course, also evaluating and working with other DLTs,”DrJiang said. “Choosing IOTA as the first investment is based on the fact that we have been working with IOTA for quite some time and are very impressed by the founding teamand the IOTA community. And IOTA has the potential to solve some fundamental problems in the DLT for IoT, namely the scalability and transaction cost issues. The IOTA technology is still at an early stage. However, this could become a big breakthrough for the IoT industry if it is getting more mature in the future.”

So what does the future of IoT look like in a world that is fast being disrupted by blockchain and DLT technologies?

“The purpose of IoT is it to largely automate and optimize the systems that surround us, making our lives more frictionless, efficient, and secure,”Dominik Schiener, cofounder at the IOTA Foundation, told VentureBeat. “Over the next five years, a larger portion of our infrastructure will become connected and automated, with smart devices, sensors, and actuators creating truly intelligent and distributed networks. There are still some challenges to resolve when it comes to security, but exactly here [is where] distributed ledgers could be a key enabler for new security applications.”